Talking to newsmen after attending a briefing in Gwadar on the pace of work on development projects in Balochistan on Thursday, he said: “We will work jointly to overcome the challenges being faced by the country.”
The prime minister, accompanied by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, was in the city of Gwadar on a day-long visit.
The Chief of the Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif, and Commander Southern Command Lt General Nasir Khan Janjua and senior officials accorded them a warm welcome at the PNS Akram base.
The prime minister told newsmen that the government planned to develop Gwadar as a ‘free port’ like Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong and the planning commission had been assigned the task of acquiring the services of international consultants.
